avit
Albanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from South Slavic,[1][2] ultimately from Proto-Slavic *aviti (“to show, (reflexive) to show oneself, appear”), whence Old Church Slavonic авити (aviti), Serbo-Croatian jáviti/ја́вити.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editavit (aorist avita, participle avitur)
- (transitive) to bring close, near
- Synonym: afroj
- (transitive) to allow to approach
- Synonym: qas
- (mediopassive) See avitem.
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Ylli, Xhelal (1997) Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350)[1], volume 1. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 21
- ^ Omari, Anila (2012) “avit”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe, Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, pages 95–96